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''Lonely Man's Prayer and Dylan's Back Pages''
A lonely Man's Prayer
By: Jo Elizabeth Meek ~ 2003
It's sounds so familiar - a shadow alone
He sang to me today in a awkward tone
He filed for freedom and showed us the way-
He spoke of the winds and the changing of the day
The Time has come and it has gone through the light
It is not dark yet-Our visions in sight
Are we the same today -As we were back then?
We walked the Paths of Victory - to fight for a friend
Blood in my eyes is all I can see
We have lost something here perhaps Dignity
Are we two different people - with The Disease of Conceit?
With One too many Mornings and nothing to eat
We watch and we live - we show how it is done
We jump to the Hurricane and spin Forever Young
Through his eyes - there's a Long time gone
Chapters through time - as he writes all his songs
Of anger and sadness and confounding dreams -
He tells stories of people with The protesting screams
We are Knocking on heaves door for the answers you see -
If God has to pick - please Let it be Me
A question of time and A license to kill
It a Political World -We must not stand still.
A book holds the words of the genius who pleads
We spot the Tambourine man plantin the seeds
It's a Walk out in the rain into The Worried Blues
He says Mr. Bo jangles can you spare some dancing shoes?
Can't wait! He yells to the man up above -
But see that Heart Of Mine Is Down in the Flood
Gotta travel on says The Father of Night
He won't be gone long - just a little out of Sight
In My Time of Dyin' I ask this of you
Understand he has pain and it hurts me too
Who are we now? - I do not know
I am a Man of Constant Sorrow - I just sing at the show
Night after Night I see her up there
Just like a woman of The Mountains in a Motorpsycho Nightmare
There is no time to think - so we are pressing on
Three Angels came with us - when Bob wrote the song
Are you ready said he - to the 10,000 men
I am a Man of Peace - give me a pen
It is a Handy Dandy world - so they say
My name is Diamond Joe of Black Diamond Bay
It is a Million Miles to the Million Dollar Bash
We would have no songs - if not for Bob's hash
The Jokerman shared - what he thought of your song
Jumped the Blue Moon high in a World Gone Wrong
I pity the poor immigrant - who lost all his life
In search of Little Sadie - his dear loving wife
A man walked down- The Dirt Road Blues
Fixin' To Die and Living The Blues
A Fool such as I - to let him go
He danced his life away to Desolation Row
Death is not the end for the Thin Man
He spoke of Mississippi and his love Mary Ann
Baby, stop crying - he told her that day
I found the Gates Of Eden - But I threw it all a way
We are The Masters of War - with one price to pay
It is a Simple Twist of Fate - down that Endless Highway
I was a Wanted Man - in the Days of 49
Time Passes Slowly and I Guess I am doin Fine
I traveled Seven Days to good ole Santa Fe
Saw Sally Sue Brown and married Rita May
Things were going good - But God knows how
We met The Minstrel Boy when he was riding The Gospel Plow
The Times They Are ~A~ Changin' - I just don't understand
Going. Going Gone through Every grain of sand
I am under your spell and I am All over You
I am Pledging my time to Nobody Cept' You
I was Ragged and Dirty when I met Sarah Jane
I had the Hero blues and found a heart of pain
Do right to me baby I told her that day
He was a friend of mine and that is all I can say
Down along the Cove - we hoped they would stay
Lo and Behold the Two Soldiers would pay
Please Mrs. Henry do not cry
He is the Property of Jesus - The child of the sky
Everything is broken sadly it seems
We are Blowin in the wind on Bob Dylan's Dreams
Go away little boy to your Golden Loom
Let me die in my footsteps - through the path of doom
On a Shooting Star - I will pray for you
When did you leave heaven - You angel you
Off too California with Blind Willie McTell
With a Shot of Love we found The Cat's in the Well
Ain't no man righteous {no not one}
Saw a Clean Cut- Kid holding a gun
Mixed up confusion - we did not know
Lord Protect my child - for he must go
That man of war - who is he?
That man is John Brown - who no longer sees
The Hot Summer days were drawing near
A hard rains gonna fall - I surely do fear
As I went out one morning to Buckets of rain
The Catfish were asking is your love in Vain
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum were out in a boat
Laughing and shouting to The Man in the long Black coat
The Moonshiner man was his right label
Oh, Sister please tell me that this is no fable
Don't ya tell Henry - he went to the store
Left all his hopes and dreams - Driftin too far from the shore
Farewell Angelina he said to her
Go to the Man on the Street - known as Sir
Most likely you go your way and I will go mine
He speaks with such conviction with words so divine
I am only a hobo a Pawn in their Game
Sittin' on top of the world with unwanted fame
Dear Angelina - I miss you so
There's an Early Mornin Rain and nowhere's to go
She had Dark Eyes of Beauty - That held the Moonlight
A Covenant Woman - That got it done right
On the road again for just one night
Meetin Playboys and Playgirls - Ahhhh - Just right
Open the door Homer - we heard a girl say
I am The Precious Angel - they call me Lay Lady Lay
Ninety Miles an Hour {down a dead end street}
I see the Neighborhood bully dead in defeat
It's Never gonna be the same again - we heard someone say
There is No Time to Think and we got dues to pay
I want to tell ya about - The North Country Blues
We celebrate Peggy day and The Tombstone Blues
Standing in the doorway - I saw her that day
He was born I said The 24th of May
With The Weight of the world and Guitar in hand
The Vagrant of his time - A poet of the Land
He is the wandering kind - it' ever so clear
His time passes slowly - Dear Sara is near
When you awake - The Doctor did say
You ain't goin nowhere - no not today
You were born in Time be thankful for that
She carried you from there - but lost your Top Hat
Coming from the Heart {The Road is Long}
Just take a small break - Maybe write a song
Ride Down the Highway - Just in your mind
See once there was a boy - so soft hearted and kind
Be honest with me - if only for a while
Have you lost your way - or just the last mile?
Something there is about you - I will never let go
You never had stage freight - just told everyone No
You lay in my arms - lifeless and beat
A satisfied mind -Just caught in the heat
Hands hide your face - more often I see
You wrote a Song To Woody - Then sat in a Tree
You abandoned love with the choices you made
A Drifter's Escape - as Bob Dylan's blues fade
I aint a-gonna grieve for the man in my life
My heart was left broken - cut by a knife
Please cry a while and let me know
We are an eternal circle - and part of the show
Gotta serve somebody - you know who
It is not they or I - or even Gypsy Lou
I've got my mind made up - I am leaving you now
It came to close - to Life's Final Bow
Let's keep it between us - A promise once made
I am the mother of your children - News to let fade
If I don't be there by morning - Please don't wait for me
I'll remember you I promise - But our love could never be
I will hold you in my heart- I will never let you go
My life is made of odds and ends - My heart as cold as snow
Lay down your weary tune and it put it all to rest
Write it all down - it is what you do best
It is time to move on and go your own way
There is just one more weekend - In which you must stay
Our precious memories - stay close by
Just trust yourself and your tears will dry
We are done with the hard times - so they say
There is work to do and people to pay
The chimes of freedom - were calling my name
And From a Buick 6 - some new songs came
A broke down engine with no one to call
It was me and Joan Baez - havin' a ball
She sings of Diamonds and sings of rust
I gave her too much of nothing - but found some trust
Under the Red sky - we used to protest
Joan sang with me - we were put to the test
Gonna change my way of thinking -There's nothing to be said
I am emotionally yours - like pencil to lead
I felt the Cairbbean wind against my face
Dreamed a Wedding song and a dress of white lace
What good am I to you or them - if I have to wear a mask
Why did God put me here and just what is my task?
Farewell I said to her - Thank you for the ride
But I am a lonesome hobo and it is my turn to hide
I am off to Mozambique - to sing another song
The lonesome death of Hattie Carroll and the man that did her wrong
Nothing was delivered to Mr. Zantzinger
Their ain't no more Cain - just his diamond ring finger
He is the lone pilgrim -I will hold inside my heart
Take me as I am - she told us from the start
She was a Tough Mama who loved the Turkey Chase
She was the ugliest girl in the world - yet held beauty in her face
She knew Jim Jones - a real good friend
He spoke of her that day with love to the end
When I see the new morning - I will look to the sky
I promise this my dear love - I will never say goodbye
He left us that day with a restless farewell
She belongs to me - and in sadness I dwell
He is a man in trouble - Trouble in the mind
With God on our side - how can we be so blind
I'm goin' to Acapulco to see Arthur Mcbride
He says he found little Sadie - who no longer hides
We better talk this over - I told that man
Lets have us some country pie and a drink from the can
Remember the dusty old fair grounds in Belle Isle town
We met the high sheriffs lady - who offered her crown
I believe in you - Will you believe in me?
I have all the secrets - I shall be free
I want you to know I wrote this for you
Let's stick together - even if they boo
It is not about the money and not about the fame
Rambling Gambling Willie will tell you all the same
I had a romance in Durango and wrote a song for you
I can't remember what is was - maybe Tangled up in blue
I sang a song for Little Maggie and Lilly of the west
I wrote a song for Bessie Smith but Candee I-O was my best
I found a book about this man- his name was Hollis Brown
He owned the Copper kettle and lived in Kingsport town
Don't think twice it's all right I told him on that day
Quinn the mighty Eskimo is here -he will show the way
Can't you see that things have changed -There is nothing left to do
No more reason - no more rhyme - The good ole' days are through
We went to find the weakest man - Who had the Poor boy blues
He spoke to me with funny words and drank water from his shoes
We had one more cup of coffee - Bob had a cup of Tea
He sat and wrote Percy's Song and if the dog runs free
We went to positively 4th street with Pretty Peggy - O
Bob brought Renaldo and Clara with a little bit of Poe
It was unbelievable when he got to oxford town
We saw visions of Johanna and Miss Delia with a frown
We went to the foot of pride where the teardrops Fall
We saw the Changing of the guards and at last the Berlin wall
There was a sign on the cross - it was ever so clear
We wrote a ballad for a friend with seven curses of fear
I am standing on the highway at union sundown
I am called the wicked messenger with hair of dark brown
I see him in the distance - He is the man who lives in white
he is trying to get to heaven to fight the devil of the night
Most of the time he sits there - to write about the stars
He tells us stories of the good ole days and the singing in the bars
He starts to sing a song - a Ballad in plain D
He says man I need some money - There are five children left to feed
He tells me he loves them all - But only speaks of one
His name is Jakob Dylan - indeed the special son
He is the child of my heart - the child of my eyes
A Wallflower in the making - an artist in disguise
Next there was a guy- his name was Donald White
He said he was a Jet pilot - who only flew at night
He told us about a man - his name was Stack A Lee
He said he was a singer - And a fan of Bobby Vee
He spoke about the Highlands and Highway 61
He dreamed he saw St. Augustine and The house of the rising sun
He said he was a Po' Boy - From Up on Cripple Creek
He went to see a Gypsy - who found him quite unique
It takes a lot to laugh and it takes a train to cry
I wrote that song for you along with Bye and Bye
I need to leave you now - there is nothing left to say
I shared with you last night - We had one more night to play
You read to me your poem - You sang to me you song
You shared your thoughts of Guthrie - it was nearly 12 min long
I am heading down the road - I am off to Maggie's Farm
She is The girl from the north country - with very little charm
Had a dream about you baby - I told her on that day
I will sing to you all my songs - and a guitar I will play
A Brownsville girl she was - The lady of my life
Wore Boots of Spanish leather - She needs to be my wife
I share with her my stories and my roots of Dinkytown
I sang about George Jackson and Queen Jane who wore the crown
She didn't find me funny - she only found me mean
She said I don't Believe you and stop trying to be James Dean
Don't you understand babe -I am where it's at
I am walkin down the line - and I am The Rockin Roll Kat
It's my 4th time around and I've heard it all before
But This wheel's on fire and I am heading out the door
Whatcha gonna do babe - when I'm no longer there
I am off to play electric - I'm growin out my hair
It was hard times in New York Town - But I'm like a rolling stone
I will change the face of music - I'll call Robbie on the phone
It is 1966 and The tour has begun
I am bringing my back pages - Hawii here we come
I will sing to you a song called Highway 51
I was sitting on a solid rock and wrote it just for fun
I will write about Miss Hazel - If you see her, say hello
She listens to Rainy Day Women in the slums down below
Lets step it up and go - Albert said to me
Where is Lenny Bruce - and the man he came to be
Please Tell that it isn't true - Please Tell me he's okay
He lives behind the steel bars - is the story so they say
I can't take this anymore - I don't know who I am
I need a silent weekend and just some time to Jam
My body is slowly dying - and no one seems to care
I am riding on the slow train and you all only stare
I need to change my ways - I need to make a call
The Man in me is weak and heading for a fall
I give a call to Joanie - I know she's there for me
I say Meet me in the morning - to have a cup of tea
I am Cold irons bound and can't find my way out
The Shape I'm in is bad - I will die without a doubt
I slamming my fist down - to fight the Tear of rages
The persons just can't understand - not none are on my page
If I were given the chance and this were up to me
My gifts would be sacared- my words would be let free
Tomorrow is a long time - I surely do know
I have to ring them bells - To let the freedom to flow
One of us must know - True love tends to forget
You saved me today - I am forever in your debt
Seeing the real you at last - it was ever so clear
Gonna make you feel my love - My dear loving dear
Maybe someday - you will see the true me
I will tell about New Orleans- and my 115th dream
I did a tv talking song - called the bunkhouse theme
I sang about Ruben Remus and the Alberta Scheme
He drove a big yellow taxi - and had the call letter blues
He said quit you low down ways and try livin in my shoes
He had a son named billy and a band of the hand
Said it was the Day of the locusts and it's money I demand
It is 2 X 2 - for a fool such as me
I wanna be your lover - and the man that you can see
Katie's been gone for an awful long time
I wrote a song to Ramona - bought her love for a dime
But it is all over now - oh dear miss baby blue
I would not have a heart - if not for you
You can do it all - you can show me the way
But I would hate to be you - on that dreadful day
I'd have you anytime - you know that this is true
But somethings burnin baby - Our love is surely through
To be alone with you - I didn't need to hide
You changed my life completely - Took my music for a ride
I put a sign on the window and locked the back door
I have a sweetheart like you and need nothing more
I see all the tired horses under the apple suckling tree
Like the women in my life -They are just rank strangers to me
That is absolutely sweet marie - to give me all your love
But all I really want to do - is find the heartland up above
I am known as the house carpenter - a man with all the shame
I will give you shelter from the storm - to hide your very name
I am a Train A Travelin' tomorrow night
I'm seeing Frankie and Albert - and the Jack - A - Roe sight
I got the freight train blues - when I saw him that day
He brought Tiny Montgomery - and his big sister Faye
She was a sad - eyed lady - of the lowlands
She said When the ship comes in - just yell your commands
Blackjack Davey - was the first to come in
He was saving grace - but committed a sin
He said Baby I'm in the mood for you - come with me now
She had legionnaire's disease and was fat as a cow
I can't leaver her behind- oh please let us go
I need a women to stand beside me to help me through the show
On a night like this - you just can do no wrong
We are all so love sick and wasted just singing another song
I had a series of dreams about the death of Emmett till
He had the lonesome day blues and took a bad pill
He said I shall be realesed - in the Highwater
Please Take a messege to mary - my dear loving daughter
He was buried at sea - when the sun went down
Sweet mary was crying - with the money blues frown
When you gonna wake up and start your own life
You're a big girl now - Get a job - be a wife
Rocks and Gravel - they killed him with that
Now I need some money for my leopard-skin pill - box hat
John Wesley Harding - took her away
Said you're no good and a price you will pay
Ira Hayes was the next man I saw
He had a boy called Joey - who gave trouble to the law
He fought with him daily at the walls of red wing
Had a wife named Denise - and was treated like a king
He spoke of this thing - called the Yazoo Street Scandal
He said his son was there - he was the vandal
So what was it you wanted - why'd you tell me
Ye shall be changed - If u just wait and see
When he returns - please do talk to him
He can tell you about Suze and that guy the call Jim
The long distance operator - gave me a call
Said see your dear landlord - who lives down the hall
What can I do for you- that lady did say
I have the black crow blues - and doctors to pay
Do the wiggle wiggle - and it will all be okay
Do the woogie boogie and it will soon go away
I had the orange juice blues for breakfast - I can't remember why
I had the outlaw blues for lunch - with slice of Cherry Pie
On the idiot wind today - I can see a feather float
It landed on Silvio - My loving wigwam boat
The Isis they say - was one of my best
I played it in the summertime - at that Rock music-fest
It aint me babe - was the next one in line
Then came the boxer and I'll keep it with mine
It's love minus zero and no limit they say
They screamed out Judas on the 17th of May
Senor was a friend - I met long ago
I told him You're gonna make me lonesome - when you do go
If you got to go, go now - I told him on that night
I was sitting on a barbed-wire fence as he rode on out of sight
The last we heard - he was at the Nashville Skyline Rag
He bought a new pony and married a hag
I was on my way back home - when I wrote watered down love
Saw the Spanish harlem incident and the death of a white dove
Her beauty has fallen if ever so fast
It was the final Theme and it just didn't last
The sun was rising and blinded my sight
I was watching the river flow and the rapids did fight
I went down the road - To the house of my heart
I said Tell me Momma - where should I start
She spoke of this man - his name was Tom Thumb
He had the Dead Man blues and smoked himself numb
I sang to her so sweet - a song from deep inside
Mama you been on my mind and there is no reason to hide
I wrote her a letter - to tell her how I felt
I signed it Love Henry - and her heart did truly melt
Love is just a four - letter word - was all she said that day
Lily, Rosemary and The Jack of hearts - even feel that way
There was No more Auction Block - for dear Henry to see
It was Long Ago, Far away - when those people did flee
Who killed Davey moore - was what the newspaper said
He fell down to the floor - hearing Yea! Heavy and A Bottle of bread
It was in The Winterlude - on that very day
When the night comes falling from the sky - is when the killer will pay
He was a man that gave names to all the animals - He was a freak show to our eyes
Obviously five believers - who felt they were not lies
You wanna ramble with me - that is all he would ever say
I will tell you about the Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues - Oh what a dreadful day
There was this young girl named Corrina - The homley one indeed
She got caught up in the clothes line - and sadly became the feed.
She told me Spanish is the loving tounge - but my words can not be heard
My hands will share the stories - Sign Language holds the word
See that my grave is kept clean - motioned her final wish
Play them a Cantina theme and serve them love in a dish
Why that dirge I said to her - asked in caution and despair
Just allow me one more chance - forgive my love affair
I'll be your baby tonight and I will lay here while you sleep
I forgot more then you'll ever know - I am lost inside so deep
Baby, let me follow you down - to that world so far below
You become the Floater of the night - The mystery of the show
I will always be your sugar baby - the one to call you pig
I see you there talking New York and living for the gig
I am stuck inside of Mobile - with the Memphis blues again
I am Talking world war III blues and the soldier boy of ten
He sent a letter home - with sadness in the line
He said It's allright ma - I'm bleeding - but I'm just doin fine
It happen on a night - they drove old Dixie down
The soldiers sang a river theme - They fired upon our town
I can't help falling in love - with that angel in the sky
I see Frankie Lee and Judas Priest - living heavens holy high
Can you please crawl out you window and see my guiding light
Just tell me how your doin - and where you are tonight
A tight connection to my heart - you will always hold
If your gonnna quit me now - then my spirit has been sold
Till I fell in love with you - I knew no other way
When Froggie went a courtin' - Love found me on that day
It is only temporary like Achilles - so don't fall apart on me tonight
The groom is still waiting at the altar and she is no where's left in sight
I found her down the road - Talkin Hava Negeilah Blues
She said someone has a hold of her heart - but that answer I refuse
His name is John Birch - with the paranoid blues
He loves me so dearly - with his rich wealthy shoes
Get your rocks off and see what you've done
I have no where to live and no where to run
I need to find a place - I need to find a home
Tonight I will be staying here with you and tomorrow I will roam
Don't fall apart on me tonight - that would not be fair
I'm happy She's your lover now - take her if you dare
When I paint my master piece - I will document the time
I open Subterranean Homesick blues - performing as a mime
An intoduction by Kris Kristofferson and 30 yrs to bow
An ending by Mr. Dylan - I'm younger then that now.
2ND INSTALLMENT
Dylan's Back Pages
By Jo Elizabeth Meek
I went All the way down to Bourbon Street
It was borrowed time and I lost my feet
Saw a Broken boy who Almost persuaded
The Firebird in which God had created
Enough is enough I told that boy
Were in the City of Gold and all of its joy
I found a pair of Fur slippers at the End of the line
I'm Heading for the light, but I know I'll be fine
Handle with care is all I can say
I must love you too much or else I would pay
Baby, give it up you are a Child to me
Jesus is the one with the skeleton key
Julius and Ethel just Rattled my brain
You must Stand by faith when you're sniffing the drain
The Devils been busy lighting the sky
He was Rockin my boat and taming my eye
There's a Brown Skin Girl from Champaign, Illinois
She had the Bowling alley blues and made a lot of noise
She's spinning my mind with Magic and love
She's Number one in my book, there's no one above
She drove me to the Poor house where I met my Sally Gal
Her memory is crazy and all she does is yell
I will love him forever she told all her friends
Is it worth it I wonder or should I look for the end
I am Inside out like Mr. Johnny Ace
I'm in a rock and roll band and we ain't slow pace
Shadow Blasters and Golden Chords, Blessed is the name
At the Crosswind Jamboree I'll be collecting the fame
Like a field mouse from Nebraska I am fighting this trade
It is time to change my name and begin the masquerade
The name it says it all - The hero or the villain
Last night I had a dream - my name will be Bob Dylan
I drove All the way down to that Cool, dry place
The Dark groove was changing the smile on my face
Congratulations Bob was the only thing she said
The name don't mean nothing, not unless you're dead
I don't want to do it, so I'm changing my mind
This Dirty world is useless and not very kind
Let me see if I'm made of more then flesh and blood
Will you kick me when I'm down and leave me in the mud
There's a New, blue moon that's rising all the way
There's More to this than meets the eye and sadly I will pay
I want you to know I love you more than anything in my life
I have been Ramblin down thru the world and wishing for a wife
It is a Responsibility for us to put this in the works
A Stepchild and a wife is one of life's greatest perks
Don't ever take yourself away and leave me here alone
After talkin to the Devil I called you on the phone
The very thought of you leaving me on that very day
Is like The Thief on the cross that took my breath away
I am always causing Trouble and I don't know why
I guess I'll Wait and see and promise not to cry
You don't have to do that it is Time to end the masquerade
It's all dangerous to me and our love will truly fade
I'm Gonna love her anyway - till the day I die
And On a Rainy Afternoon - my heart and wonder why?
What will you do when Jesus comes I wrote that in a book
A Wild wolf with fire inside is searching for the crook
What's the matter with you man Your living just to steal
You have Seven deadly sins and nothing else that real
I ain't going to hell for anybody was all that he could say
You better cover down and break through when he collects his pay
Yes Sir, No sir was the only thing I could scream
It's Tragedy of the trade when you on the winning team
What kind of friend is this? To hold you in his place
I've been Waiting here to get beat with a smile upon my face
In Someone else's arms I got Straight A's in love
With a Tune after almost it came crying from above
Like Wind blowin on the water would come the Wilbury Twist
Without you I am useless and I am living in this mist
You've been hiding out to long and that light soon would dim
I've been Working on a guru just to be like him
Where were you last night when I was calling out your name
Were you Walking on eggs or were you lost inside the flame
Patty's gone to Laredo and she told me what you did
Your not alone anymore cuz now you have a kid
She's an Easy rider so they say and not to hard to please
Ah, Ah, Ah is what I said when she brought me to my knees
Yonder comes sin and it's time to leave I have to play my part
The war has started like a Wolf thats heading the heart
To The Cuban missile crisis - I was on my way
That's alright mama - I will be fine and I'll be back again someday
She was Jammin me with the needle of life in My oriental home
If you belonged to me - I would never let you rome
Stop now woman please with your pity and yours tears
Who loves you now and can tell you all your fears?
Ain't it funny baby now that I'm not there
I got my Back to the wall and I really don't care
I am Almost done holding this pain at the Gates of Hate
The Big city blues followed me as I was heading out of state
Be Careful she said Lock your door - he'll hit you with a dart
They won't let you in with Colorado blues and not with a broken heart
I am Bound to lose I can see that now I lost the golden key
I wish it would rain so I could hide the pain and let it all just be
I am Going back to rome with my Red travlin shoes
Take it or leave it just the same it's time to pay some dues
This way, That way What way to go I guess it doesn't matter
I am riding on the Train of Pain sitting next to the Mad Hatter
You can't make it on your own and There's nothing more to say
If your heading Down to Washington Square You will surely lose your way
You're the First to say goodbye to the Girl on the red river shore
She's from East Orange, New Jersey and she's been working as a horror
I'll get where I am going someday you just wait and see
This king is on the throne and he'll sting ya like a bee
Like a ship of the night that's lost its way I'm a fool for you
Where do you turn when you're lost in the wave and there's nothing you can do
Don't tell him baby what's going on If you want my love
It's 1984 - were loving in fear - while big brother stands above
Were Under control of Tyrants you see there's nowhere left to go
It's Wiretappin and dictatorship With an eerie political flow
Ride this train and get out of here Or our love could never be
Columbus Georgia here we come Our emotions are running free
Baby don't you go - because I will never find the way
I am singing this song for you and a guitar I will play
Please come a little bit closer don't stand so far ahead
It's just another tomato in the glass and there's nothing to be said
All you have to do is dream and maybe things with change
Let's March around the dinner table - it's time to rearrange
I was young when I left home I was a poet on the edge
I'm your teenage prayer and you pushed me off the ledge
I'm Gonna get you now and chase you round and round
There aint gonna be any next time baby cuz you will not be found
I am heading down the line to that California side
There's a little bit of rain but no need to run and hide
I traveled down the road to meet the King of France
He had a California brown eyed baby and was teaching her to dance
As I was Movin closer to her I saw she had no hair
From Oklahoma Kansas she was heading to the fair
She is not for you I had to inform the king.
I know a Liverpool Gal who will gladly wear your ring
Won't you be my baby I had to ask that girl
Just follow me Over the road and I'll take you on a whirl
Cross on over & Rock Em dead no one will ever know
V.D. Seaman's last letter will tell us where to go
It's Breakin me up to do this baby I don't know where to go
I am searching for the artist in me like Positively Van Gogh
I told a Dirty lie about The Preacher's Folly
He did not understand when I said Goodbye My Dear Miss Holly
I was Talkin To Hugh Brown when I wrote my Spanish Song
He had the Repossession Blues and I told him that was wrong
He was sitting in a Rocking Chair singing for Justine
The woman has the Greyhound Blues and was always very mean
Don't fly unless it's safe I told him on that day
The Calypso singer told me The One Eyed Jacks would pay
I wrote a Song to Bonny who had Prison Station Blues
She was dancing in the Strange Rain and sadly lost her shoes
Bonny, Why'd you cut my hair - If you don't have any shoes
Was it the Death of Robert Johnson and The Funny Las Vegas Blues
She said Don't drink no Chevy or look at The Well Water
Just Try me Little Girl and I'll treat ya like my daughter
I Don't want no married woman so Don't you try me now
The New Danville Girl is coming and She's my baby now
I had a Headful of Gasoline when I misplaced my Straw Hat
I will be Dead for a Dollar honey - When I see that black cat
You'd love me to go and leave you now with just One more ride
If I'm not there soon baby then just let God decide
Love Rescue me from those Belltower Blues and help me find the way
No shoes on my feet I'm lost and got no where else to stay
Shake those Peco's Blues from me and take One for the Road
To fall in love with you baby I would have to kiss a toad
I would like you to meet my friend Ginsberg is his name
I wrote a song about him and The Crockagator came
Shirley Temple doesn't live here whatever do you mean
She was drinking a Margarita during that funny Tap Dancing scene
Your calling me a Hypocrite I saw her there myself
My Dope friend Robber told me she was sitting on a shelf
He took medicine on Sunday and Ahooah he would yell
He's makin a liar out her and those are words to sell
That's a Slow try baby Don't you understand
The Ox-Bow incident was faster ask the owner of the land
I was hiding Under a Turkey so the story goes
I was laughing at the man when they beat him with a hose
Reach out and understand me - Poetry's the way
Dylan said it best and sings it everyday.
By Jo Elizabeth Meek ~ 2003
All of Mr. Dylan song titles are in there
By: Jo Elizabeth Meek ~ 2003
It's sounds so familiar - a shadow alone
He sang to me today in a awkward tone
He filed for freedom and showed us the way-
He spoke of the winds and the changing of the day
The Time has come and it has gone through the light
It is not dark yet-Our visions in sight
Are we the same today -As we were back then?
We walked the Paths of Victory - to fight for a friend
Blood in my eyes is all I can see
We have lost something here perhaps Dignity
Are we two different people - with The Disease of Conceit?
With One too many Mornings and nothing to eat
We watch and we live - we show how it is done
We jump to the Hurricane and spin Forever Young
Through his eyes - there's a Long time gone
Chapters through time - as he writes all his songs
Of anger and sadness and confounding dreams -
He tells stories of people with The protesting screams
We are Knocking on heaves door for the answers you see -
If God has to pick - please Let it be Me
A question of time and A license to kill
It a Political World -We must not stand still.
A book holds the words of the genius who pleads
We spot the Tambourine man plantin the seeds
It's a Walk out in the rain into The Worried Blues
He says Mr. Bo jangles can you spare some dancing shoes?
Can't wait! He yells to the man up above -
But see that Heart Of Mine Is Down in the Flood
Gotta travel on says The Father of Night
He won't be gone long - just a little out of Sight
In My Time of Dyin' I ask this of you
Understand he has pain and it hurts me too
Who are we now? - I do not know
I am a Man of Constant Sorrow - I just sing at the show
Night after Night I see her up there
Just like a woman of The Mountains in a Motorpsycho Nightmare
There is no time to think - so we are pressing on
Three Angels came with us - when Bob wrote the song
Are you ready said he - to the 10,000 men
I am a Man of Peace - give me a pen
It is a Handy Dandy world - so they say
My name is Diamond Joe of Black Diamond Bay
It is a Million Miles to the Million Dollar Bash
We would have no songs - if not for Bob's hash
The Jokerman shared - what he thought of your song
Jumped the Blue Moon high in a World Gone Wrong
I pity the poor immigrant - who lost all his life
In search of Little Sadie - his dear loving wife
A man walked down- The Dirt Road Blues
Fixin' To Die and Living The Blues
A Fool such as I - to let him go
He danced his life away to Desolation Row
Death is not the end for the Thin Man
He spoke of Mississippi and his love Mary Ann
Baby, stop crying - he told her that day
I found the Gates Of Eden - But I threw it all a way
We are The Masters of War - with one price to pay
It is a Simple Twist of Fate - down that Endless Highway
I was a Wanted Man - in the Days of 49
Time Passes Slowly and I Guess I am doin Fine
I traveled Seven Days to good ole Santa Fe
Saw Sally Sue Brown and married Rita May
Things were going good - But God knows how
We met The Minstrel Boy when he was riding The Gospel Plow
The Times They Are ~A~ Changin' - I just don't understand
Going. Going Gone through Every grain of sand
I am under your spell and I am All over You
I am Pledging my time to Nobody Cept' You
I was Ragged and Dirty when I met Sarah Jane
I had the Hero blues and found a heart of pain
Do right to me baby I told her that day
He was a friend of mine and that is all I can say
Down along the Cove - we hoped they would stay
Lo and Behold the Two Soldiers would pay
Please Mrs. Henry do not cry
He is the Property of Jesus - The child of the sky
Everything is broken sadly it seems
We are Blowin in the wind on Bob Dylan's Dreams
Go away little boy to your Golden Loom
Let me die in my footsteps - through the path of doom
On a Shooting Star - I will pray for you
When did you leave heaven - You angel you
Off too California with Blind Willie McTell
With a Shot of Love we found The Cat's in the Well
Ain't no man righteous {no not one}
Saw a Clean Cut- Kid holding a gun
Mixed up confusion - we did not know
Lord Protect my child - for he must go
That man of war - who is he?
That man is John Brown - who no longer sees
The Hot Summer days were drawing near
A hard rains gonna fall - I surely do fear
As I went out one morning to Buckets of rain
The Catfish were asking is your love in Vain
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum were out in a boat
Laughing and shouting to The Man in the long Black coat
The Moonshiner man was his right label
Oh, Sister please tell me that this is no fable
Don't ya tell Henry - he went to the store
Left all his hopes and dreams - Driftin too far from the shore
Farewell Angelina he said to her
Go to the Man on the Street - known as Sir
Most likely you go your way and I will go mine
He speaks with such conviction with words so divine
I am only a hobo a Pawn in their Game
Sittin' on top of the world with unwanted fame
Dear Angelina - I miss you so
There's an Early Mornin Rain and nowhere's to go
She had Dark Eyes of Beauty - That held the Moonlight
A Covenant Woman - That got it done right
On the road again for just one night
Meetin Playboys and Playgirls - Ahhhh - Just right
Open the door Homer - we heard a girl say
I am The Precious Angel - they call me Lay Lady Lay
Ninety Miles an Hour {down a dead end street}
I see the Neighborhood bully dead in defeat
It's Never gonna be the same again - we heard someone say
There is No Time to Think and we got dues to pay
I want to tell ya about - The North Country Blues
We celebrate Peggy day and The Tombstone Blues
Standing in the doorway - I saw her that day
He was born I said The 24th of May
With The Weight of the world and Guitar in hand
The Vagrant of his time - A poet of the Land
He is the wandering kind - it' ever so clear
His time passes slowly - Dear Sara is near
When you awake - The Doctor did say
You ain't goin nowhere - no not today
You were born in Time be thankful for that
She carried you from there - but lost your Top Hat
Coming from the Heart {The Road is Long}
Just take a small break - Maybe write a song
Ride Down the Highway - Just in your mind
See once there was a boy - so soft hearted and kind
Be honest with me - if only for a while
Have you lost your way - or just the last mile?
Something there is about you - I will never let go
You never had stage freight - just told everyone No
You lay in my arms - lifeless and beat
A satisfied mind -Just caught in the heat
Hands hide your face - more often I see
You wrote a Song To Woody - Then sat in a Tree
You abandoned love with the choices you made
A Drifter's Escape - as Bob Dylan's blues fade
I aint a-gonna grieve for the man in my life
My heart was left broken - cut by a knife
Please cry a while and let me know
We are an eternal circle - and part of the show
Gotta serve somebody - you know who
It is not they or I - or even Gypsy Lou
I've got my mind made up - I am leaving you now
It came to close - to Life's Final Bow
Let's keep it between us - A promise once made
I am the mother of your children - News to let fade
If I don't be there by morning - Please don't wait for me
I'll remember you I promise - But our love could never be
I will hold you in my heart- I will never let you go
My life is made of odds and ends - My heart as cold as snow
Lay down your weary tune and it put it all to rest
Write it all down - it is what you do best
It is time to move on and go your own way
There is just one more weekend - In which you must stay
Our precious memories - stay close by
Just trust yourself and your tears will dry
We are done with the hard times - so they say
There is work to do and people to pay
The chimes of freedom - were calling my name
And From a Buick 6 - some new songs came
A broke down engine with no one to call
It was me and Joan Baez - havin' a ball
She sings of Diamonds and sings of rust
I gave her too much of nothing - but found some trust
Under the Red sky - we used to protest
Joan sang with me - we were put to the test
Gonna change my way of thinking -There's nothing to be said
I am emotionally yours - like pencil to lead
I felt the Cairbbean wind against my face
Dreamed a Wedding song and a dress of white lace
What good am I to you or them - if I have to wear a mask
Why did God put me here and just what is my task?
Farewell I said to her - Thank you for the ride
But I am a lonesome hobo and it is my turn to hide
I am off to Mozambique - to sing another song
The lonesome death of Hattie Carroll and the man that did her wrong
Nothing was delivered to Mr. Zantzinger
Their ain't no more Cain - just his diamond ring finger
He is the lone pilgrim -I will hold inside my heart
Take me as I am - she told us from the start
She was a Tough Mama who loved the Turkey Chase
She was the ugliest girl in the world - yet held beauty in her face
She knew Jim Jones - a real good friend
He spoke of her that day with love to the end
When I see the new morning - I will look to the sky
I promise this my dear love - I will never say goodbye
He left us that day with a restless farewell
She belongs to me - and in sadness I dwell
He is a man in trouble - Trouble in the mind
With God on our side - how can we be so blind
I'm goin' to Acapulco to see Arthur Mcbride
He says he found little Sadie - who no longer hides
We better talk this over - I told that man
Lets have us some country pie and a drink from the can
Remember the dusty old fair grounds in Belle Isle town
We met the high sheriffs lady - who offered her crown
I believe in you - Will you believe in me?
I have all the secrets - I shall be free
I want you to know I wrote this for you
Let's stick together - even if they boo
It is not about the money and not about the fame
Rambling Gambling Willie will tell you all the same
I had a romance in Durango and wrote a song for you
I can't remember what is was - maybe Tangled up in blue
I sang a song for Little Maggie and Lilly of the west
I wrote a song for Bessie Smith but Candee I-O was my best
I found a book about this man- his name was Hollis Brown
He owned the Copper kettle and lived in Kingsport town
Don't think twice it's all right I told him on that day
Quinn the mighty Eskimo is here -he will show the way
Can't you see that things have changed -There is nothing left to do
No more reason - no more rhyme - The good ole' days are through
We went to find the weakest man - Who had the Poor boy blues
He spoke to me with funny words and drank water from his shoes
We had one more cup of coffee - Bob had a cup of Tea
He sat and wrote Percy's Song and if the dog runs free
We went to positively 4th street with Pretty Peggy - O
Bob brought Renaldo and Clara with a little bit of Poe
It was unbelievable when he got to oxford town
We saw visions of Johanna and Miss Delia with a frown
We went to the foot of pride where the teardrops Fall
We saw the Changing of the guards and at last the Berlin wall
There was a sign on the cross - it was ever so clear
We wrote a ballad for a friend with seven curses of fear
I am standing on the highway at union sundown
I am called the wicked messenger with hair of dark brown
I see him in the distance - He is the man who lives in white
he is trying to get to heaven to fight the devil of the night
Most of the time he sits there - to write about the stars
He tells us stories of the good ole days and the singing in the bars
He starts to sing a song - a Ballad in plain D
He says man I need some money - There are five children left to feed
He tells me he loves them all - But only speaks of one
His name is Jakob Dylan - indeed the special son
He is the child of my heart - the child of my eyes
A Wallflower in the making - an artist in disguise
Next there was a guy- his name was Donald White
He said he was a Jet pilot - who only flew at night
He told us about a man - his name was Stack A Lee
He said he was a singer - And a fan of Bobby Vee
He spoke about the Highlands and Highway 61
He dreamed he saw St. Augustine and The house of the rising sun
He said he was a Po' Boy - From Up on Cripple Creek
He went to see a Gypsy - who found him quite unique
It takes a lot to laugh and it takes a train to cry
I wrote that song for you along with Bye and Bye
I need to leave you now - there is nothing left to say
I shared with you last night - We had one more night to play
You read to me your poem - You sang to me you song
You shared your thoughts of Guthrie - it was nearly 12 min long
I am heading down the road - I am off to Maggie's Farm
She is The girl from the north country - with very little charm
Had a dream about you baby - I told her on that day
I will sing to you all my songs - and a guitar I will play
A Brownsville girl she was - The lady of my life
Wore Boots of Spanish leather - She needs to be my wife
I share with her my stories and my roots of Dinkytown
I sang about George Jackson and Queen Jane who wore the crown
She didn't find me funny - she only found me mean
She said I don't Believe you and stop trying to be James Dean
Don't you understand babe -I am where it's at
I am walkin down the line - and I am The Rockin Roll Kat
It's my 4th time around and I've heard it all before
But This wheel's on fire and I am heading out the door
Whatcha gonna do babe - when I'm no longer there
I am off to play electric - I'm growin out my hair
It was hard times in New York Town - But I'm like a rolling stone
I will change the face of music - I'll call Robbie on the phone
It is 1966 and The tour has begun
I am bringing my back pages - Hawii here we come
I will sing to you a song called Highway 51
I was sitting on a solid rock and wrote it just for fun
I will write about Miss Hazel - If you see her, say hello
She listens to Rainy Day Women in the slums down below
Lets step it up and go - Albert said to me
Where is Lenny Bruce - and the man he came to be
Please Tell that it isn't true - Please Tell me he's okay
He lives behind the steel bars - is the story so they say
I can't take this anymore - I don't know who I am
I need a silent weekend and just some time to Jam
My body is slowly dying - and no one seems to care
I am riding on the slow train and you all only stare
I need to change my ways - I need to make a call
The Man in me is weak and heading for a fall
I give a call to Joanie - I know she's there for me
I say Meet me in the morning - to have a cup of tea
I am Cold irons bound and can't find my way out
The Shape I'm in is bad - I will die without a doubt
I slamming my fist down - to fight the Tear of rages
The persons just can't understand - not none are on my page
If I were given the chance and this were up to me
My gifts would be sacared- my words would be let free
Tomorrow is a long time - I surely do know
I have to ring them bells - To let the freedom to flow
One of us must know - True love tends to forget
You saved me today - I am forever in your debt
Seeing the real you at last - it was ever so clear
Gonna make you feel my love - My dear loving dear
Maybe someday - you will see the true me
I will tell about New Orleans- and my 115th dream
I did a tv talking song - called the bunkhouse theme
I sang about Ruben Remus and the Alberta Scheme
He drove a big yellow taxi - and had the call letter blues
He said quit you low down ways and try livin in my shoes
He had a son named billy and a band of the hand
Said it was the Day of the locusts and it's money I demand
It is 2 X 2 - for a fool such as me
I wanna be your lover - and the man that you can see
Katie's been gone for an awful long time
I wrote a song to Ramona - bought her love for a dime
But it is all over now - oh dear miss baby blue
I would not have a heart - if not for you
You can do it all - you can show me the way
But I would hate to be you - on that dreadful day
I'd have you anytime - you know that this is true
But somethings burnin baby - Our love is surely through
To be alone with you - I didn't need to hide
You changed my life completely - Took my music for a ride
I put a sign on the window and locked the back door
I have a sweetheart like you and need nothing more
I see all the tired horses under the apple suckling tree
Like the women in my life -They are just rank strangers to me
That is absolutely sweet marie - to give me all your love
But all I really want to do - is find the heartland up above
I am known as the house carpenter - a man with all the shame
I will give you shelter from the storm - to hide your very name
I am a Train A Travelin' tomorrow night
I'm seeing Frankie and Albert - and the Jack - A - Roe sight
I got the freight train blues - when I saw him that day
He brought Tiny Montgomery - and his big sister Faye
She was a sad - eyed lady - of the lowlands
She said When the ship comes in - just yell your commands
Blackjack Davey - was the first to come in
He was saving grace - but committed a sin
He said Baby I'm in the mood for you - come with me now
She had legionnaire's disease and was fat as a cow
I can't leaver her behind- oh please let us go
I need a women to stand beside me to help me through the show
On a night like this - you just can do no wrong
We are all so love sick and wasted just singing another song
I had a series of dreams about the death of Emmett till
He had the lonesome day blues and took a bad pill
He said I shall be realesed - in the Highwater
Please Take a messege to mary - my dear loving daughter
He was buried at sea - when the sun went down
Sweet mary was crying - with the money blues frown
When you gonna wake up and start your own life
You're a big girl now - Get a job - be a wife
Rocks and Gravel - they killed him with that
Now I need some money for my leopard-skin pill - box hat
John Wesley Harding - took her away
Said you're no good and a price you will pay
Ira Hayes was the next man I saw
He had a boy called Joey - who gave trouble to the law
He fought with him daily at the walls of red wing
Had a wife named Denise - and was treated like a king
He spoke of this thing - called the Yazoo Street Scandal
He said his son was there - he was the vandal
So what was it you wanted - why'd you tell me
Ye shall be changed - If u just wait and see
When he returns - please do talk to him
He can tell you about Suze and that guy the call Jim
The long distance operator - gave me a call
Said see your dear landlord - who lives down the hall
What can I do for you- that lady did say
I have the black crow blues - and doctors to pay
Do the wiggle wiggle - and it will all be okay
Do the woogie boogie and it will soon go away
I had the orange juice blues for breakfast - I can't remember why
I had the outlaw blues for lunch - with slice of Cherry Pie
On the idiot wind today - I can see a feather float
It landed on Silvio - My loving wigwam boat
The Isis they say - was one of my best
I played it in the summertime - at that Rock music-fest
It aint me babe - was the next one in line
Then came the boxer and I'll keep it with mine
It's love minus zero and no limit they say
They screamed out Judas on the 17th of May
Senor was a friend - I met long ago
I told him You're gonna make me lonesome - when you do go
If you got to go, go now - I told him on that night
I was sitting on a barbed-wire fence as he rode on out of sight
The last we heard - he was at the Nashville Skyline Rag
He bought a new pony and married a hag
I was on my way back home - when I wrote watered down love
Saw the Spanish harlem incident and the death of a white dove
Her beauty has fallen if ever so fast
It was the final Theme and it just didn't last
The sun was rising and blinded my sight
I was watching the river flow and the rapids did fight
I went down the road - To the house of my heart
I said Tell me Momma - where should I start
She spoke of this man - his name was Tom Thumb
He had the Dead Man blues and smoked himself numb
I sang to her so sweet - a song from deep inside
Mama you been on my mind and there is no reason to hide
I wrote her a letter - to tell her how I felt
I signed it Love Henry - and her heart did truly melt
Love is just a four - letter word - was all she said that day
Lily, Rosemary and The Jack of hearts - even feel that way
There was No more Auction Block - for dear Henry to see
It was Long Ago, Far away - when those people did flee
Who killed Davey moore - was what the newspaper said
He fell down to the floor - hearing Yea! Heavy and A Bottle of bread
It was in The Winterlude - on that very day
When the night comes falling from the sky - is when the killer will pay
He was a man that gave names to all the animals - He was a freak show to our eyes
Obviously five believers - who felt they were not lies
You wanna ramble with me - that is all he would ever say
I will tell you about the Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues - Oh what a dreadful day
There was this young girl named Corrina - The homley one indeed
She got caught up in the clothes line - and sadly became the feed.
She told me Spanish is the loving tounge - but my words can not be heard
My hands will share the stories - Sign Language holds the word
See that my grave is kept clean - motioned her final wish
Play them a Cantina theme and serve them love in a dish
Why that dirge I said to her - asked in caution and despair
Just allow me one more chance - forgive my love affair
I'll be your baby tonight and I will lay here while you sleep
I forgot more then you'll ever know - I am lost inside so deep
Baby, let me follow you down - to that world so far below
You become the Floater of the night - The mystery of the show
I will always be your sugar baby - the one to call you pig
I see you there talking New York and living for the gig
I am stuck inside of Mobile - with the Memphis blues again
I am Talking world war III blues and the soldier boy of ten
He sent a letter home - with sadness in the line
He said It's allright ma - I'm bleeding - but I'm just doin fine
It happen on a night - they drove old Dixie down
The soldiers sang a river theme - They fired upon our town
I can't help falling in love - with that angel in the sky
I see Frankie Lee and Judas Priest - living heavens holy high
Can you please crawl out you window and see my guiding light
Just tell me how your doin - and where you are tonight
A tight connection to my heart - you will always hold
If your gonnna quit me now - then my spirit has been sold
Till I fell in love with you - I knew no other way
When Froggie went a courtin' - Love found me on that day
It is only temporary like Achilles - so don't fall apart on me tonight
The groom is still waiting at the altar and she is no where's left in sight
I found her down the road - Talkin Hava Negeilah Blues
She said someone has a hold of her heart - but that answer I refuse
His name is John Birch - with the paranoid blues
He loves me so dearly - with his rich wealthy shoes
Get your rocks off and see what you've done
I have no where to live and no where to run
I need to find a place - I need to find a home
Tonight I will be staying here with you and tomorrow I will roam
Don't fall apart on me tonight - that would not be fair
I'm happy She's your lover now - take her if you dare
When I paint my master piece - I will document the time
I open Subterranean Homesick blues - performing as a mime
An intoduction by Kris Kristofferson and 30 yrs to bow
An ending by Mr. Dylan - I'm younger then that now.
2ND INSTALLMENT
Dylan's Back Pages
By Jo Elizabeth Meek
I went All the way down to Bourbon Street
It was borrowed time and I lost my feet
Saw a Broken boy who Almost persuaded
The Firebird in which God had created
Enough is enough I told that boy
Were in the City of Gold and all of its joy
I found a pair of Fur slippers at the End of the line
I'm Heading for the light, but I know I'll be fine
Handle with care is all I can say
I must love you too much or else I would pay
Baby, give it up you are a Child to me
Jesus is the one with the skeleton key
Julius and Ethel just Rattled my brain
You must Stand by faith when you're sniffing the drain
The Devils been busy lighting the sky
He was Rockin my boat and taming my eye
There's a Brown Skin Girl from Champaign, Illinois
She had the Bowling alley blues and made a lot of noise
She's spinning my mind with Magic and love
She's Number one in my book, there's no one above
She drove me to the Poor house where I met my Sally Gal
Her memory is crazy and all she does is yell
I will love him forever she told all her friends
Is it worth it I wonder or should I look for the end
I am Inside out like Mr. Johnny Ace
I'm in a rock and roll band and we ain't slow pace
Shadow Blasters and Golden Chords, Blessed is the name
At the Crosswind Jamboree I'll be collecting the fame
Like a field mouse from Nebraska I am fighting this trade
It is time to change my name and begin the masquerade
The name it says it all - The hero or the villain
Last night I had a dream - my name will be Bob Dylan
I drove All the way down to that Cool, dry place
The Dark groove was changing the smile on my face
Congratulations Bob was the only thing she said
The name don't mean nothing, not unless you're dead
I don't want to do it, so I'm changing my mind
This Dirty world is useless and not very kind
Let me see if I'm made of more then flesh and blood
Will you kick me when I'm down and leave me in the mud
There's a New, blue moon that's rising all the way
There's More to this than meets the eye and sadly I will pay
I want you to know I love you more than anything in my life
I have been Ramblin down thru the world and wishing for a wife
It is a Responsibility for us to put this in the works
A Stepchild and a wife is one of life's greatest perks
Don't ever take yourself away and leave me here alone
After talkin to the Devil I called you on the phone
The very thought of you leaving me on that very day
Is like The Thief on the cross that took my breath away
I am always causing Trouble and I don't know why
I guess I'll Wait and see and promise not to cry
You don't have to do that it is Time to end the masquerade
It's all dangerous to me and our love will truly fade
I'm Gonna love her anyway - till the day I die
And On a Rainy Afternoon - my heart and wonder why?
What will you do when Jesus comes I wrote that in a book
A Wild wolf with fire inside is searching for the crook
What's the matter with you man Your living just to steal
You have Seven deadly sins and nothing else that real
I ain't going to hell for anybody was all that he could say
You better cover down and break through when he collects his pay
Yes Sir, No sir was the only thing I could scream
It's Tragedy of the trade when you on the winning team
What kind of friend is this? To hold you in his place
I've been Waiting here to get beat with a smile upon my face
In Someone else's arms I got Straight A's in love
With a Tune after almost it came crying from above
Like Wind blowin on the water would come the Wilbury Twist
Without you I am useless and I am living in this mist
You've been hiding out to long and that light soon would dim
I've been Working on a guru just to be like him
Where were you last night when I was calling out your name
Were you Walking on eggs or were you lost inside the flame
Patty's gone to Laredo and she told me what you did
Your not alone anymore cuz now you have a kid
She's an Easy rider so they say and not to hard to please
Ah, Ah, Ah is what I said when she brought me to my knees
Yonder comes sin and it's time to leave I have to play my part
The war has started like a Wolf thats heading the heart
To The Cuban missile crisis - I was on my way
That's alright mama - I will be fine and I'll be back again someday
She was Jammin me with the needle of life in My oriental home
If you belonged to me - I would never let you rome
Stop now woman please with your pity and yours tears
Who loves you now and can tell you all your fears?
Ain't it funny baby now that I'm not there
I got my Back to the wall and I really don't care
I am Almost done holding this pain at the Gates of Hate
The Big city blues followed me as I was heading out of state
Be Careful she said Lock your door - he'll hit you with a dart
They won't let you in with Colorado blues and not with a broken heart
I am Bound to lose I can see that now I lost the golden key
I wish it would rain so I could hide the pain and let it all just be
I am Going back to rome with my Red travlin shoes
Take it or leave it just the same it's time to pay some dues
This way, That way What way to go I guess it doesn't matter
I am riding on the Train of Pain sitting next to the Mad Hatter
You can't make it on your own and There's nothing more to say
If your heading Down to Washington Square You will surely lose your way
You're the First to say goodbye to the Girl on the red river shore
She's from East Orange, New Jersey and she's been working as a horror
I'll get where I am going someday you just wait and see
This king is on the throne and he'll sting ya like a bee
Like a ship of the night that's lost its way I'm a fool for you
Where do you turn when you're lost in the wave and there's nothing you can do
Don't tell him baby what's going on If you want my love
It's 1984 - were loving in fear - while big brother stands above
Were Under control of Tyrants you see there's nowhere left to go
It's Wiretappin and dictatorship With an eerie political flow
Ride this train and get out of here Or our love could never be
Columbus Georgia here we come Our emotions are running free
Baby don't you go - because I will never find the way
I am singing this song for you and a guitar I will play
Please come a little bit closer don't stand so far ahead
It's just another tomato in the glass and there's nothing to be said
All you have to do is dream and maybe things with change
Let's March around the dinner table - it's time to rearrange
I was young when I left home I was a poet on the edge
I'm your teenage prayer and you pushed me off the ledge
I'm Gonna get you now and chase you round and round
There aint gonna be any next time baby cuz you will not be found
I am heading down the line to that California side
There's a little bit of rain but no need to run and hide
I traveled down the road to meet the King of France
He had a California brown eyed baby and was teaching her to dance
As I was Movin closer to her I saw she had no hair
From Oklahoma Kansas she was heading to the fair
She is not for you I had to inform the king.
I know a Liverpool Gal who will gladly wear your ring
Won't you be my baby I had to ask that girl
Just follow me Over the road and I'll take you on a whirl
Cross on over & Rock Em dead no one will ever know
V.D. Seaman's last letter will tell us where to go
It's Breakin me up to do this baby I don't know where to go
I am searching for the artist in me like Positively Van Gogh
I told a Dirty lie about The Preacher's Folly
He did not understand when I said Goodbye My Dear Miss Holly
I was Talkin To Hugh Brown when I wrote my Spanish Song
He had the Repossession Blues and I told him that was wrong
He was sitting in a Rocking Chair singing for Justine
The woman has the Greyhound Blues and was always very mean
Don't fly unless it's safe I told him on that day
The Calypso singer told me The One Eyed Jacks would pay
I wrote a Song to Bonny who had Prison Station Blues
She was dancing in the Strange Rain and sadly lost her shoes
Bonny, Why'd you cut my hair - If you don't have any shoes
Was it the Death of Robert Johnson and The Funny Las Vegas Blues
She said Don't drink no Chevy or look at The Well Water
Just Try me Little Girl and I'll treat ya like my daughter
I Don't want no married woman so Don't you try me now
The New Danville Girl is coming and She's my baby now
I had a Headful of Gasoline when I misplaced my Straw Hat
I will be Dead for a Dollar honey - When I see that black cat
You'd love me to go and leave you now with just One more ride
If I'm not there soon baby then just let God decide
Love Rescue me from those Belltower Blues and help me find the way
No shoes on my feet I'm lost and got no where else to stay
Shake those Peco's Blues from me and take One for the Road
To fall in love with you baby I would have to kiss a toad
I would like you to meet my friend Ginsberg is his name
I wrote a song about him and The Crockagator came
Shirley Temple doesn't live here whatever do you mean
She was drinking a Margarita during that funny Tap Dancing scene
Your calling me a Hypocrite I saw her there myself
My Dope friend Robber told me she was sitting on a shelf
He took medicine on Sunday and Ahooah he would yell
He's makin a liar out her and those are words to sell
That's a Slow try baby Don't you understand
The Ox-Bow incident was faster ask the owner of the land
I was hiding Under a Turkey so the story goes
I was laughing at the man when they beat him with a hose
Reach out and understand me - Poetry's the way
Dylan said it best and sings it everyday.
By Jo Elizabeth Meek ~ 2003
All of Mr. Dylan song titles are in there
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